Terms Used In Utah Code 78B-14-603

• Foreign country: means a country, including a political subdivision thereof, other than the United States, that authorizes the issuance of support orders and:
       (5)(a) which has been declared under the law of the United States to be a foreign reciprocating country;
       (5)(b) which has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with this state as provided in Section 78B-14-308;
       (5)(c) which has enacted a law or established procedures for the issuance and enforcement of support orders which are substantially similar to the procedures under this chapter; or
       (5)(d) in which the convention is in force with respect to the United States. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Foreign support order: means a support order of a foreign tribunal. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Income-withholding order: means an order or other legal process directed to an obligor's employer or other source of income as defined in Section 26B-9-101, to withhold support from the income of the obligor. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Issuing tribunal: means the tribunal of a state or foreign country that issues a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Registering tribunal: means a tribunal in which a support order or judgment determining parentage of a child is registered. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Support order: means a judgment, decree, order, decision, or directive, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued in a state or foreign country for the benefit of a child, a spouse, or a former spouse, which provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages, retroactive support, or reimbursement for financial assistance provided to an individual obligee in place of child support. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Tribunal: means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child. See Utah Code 78B-14-102